THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HYGIENIC DINING ROOMS.
By H. B. Farnsworth
The workers of the Madison Branch of the Battle Creek Sanitarium have had the necessity of a pure food restaurant urged upon them for some time—ever since the work was organized in the city—by different friends and members of the faculty of the State University who were acquainted with the value of a healthful dietary, and who realized the good that might result in increased mental vigor to the student body by living upon nutritious, wholesome, and non-stimulating articles of food. In view of the demand, and encouraged by the hearty support given, a building was secured midway between the Capitol and the university buildings, and the restaurant opened September 20. The effort met with public approval, and the dining rooms are patronized almost exclusively by members of the faculty and the students. Over one hundred and fifty meals are now served daily, and it is gratifying to learn that many declare that they can do their work much better, that their brains are clearer, and that their health has greatly improved since adopting the present mode of living. A large field is thus opened in which not only to sow the good seeds of the gospel of health, but to guide minds to the greater and fuller gospel of personal salvation. Many of the men and women who are to-day obtaining an education at the colleges and universities all over the land, might thus be easily reached, and would readily appreciate the connection between the character of the food eaten and the result in increased mental and bodily vigor. As these will doubtless be the thinkers and the leaders of to-morrow, we can do no better service than to add stones of worth in their building of character. The results will not only be made manifest in their future career, but many will be awakened to their higher duty to their fellow men. We trust our brethren will remember these centers of influence in earnest prayers that God may guide the workers to appreciate their responsibility to uphold Christ in their daily contact with the many whom they meet. The value of personal contact is great, and we sincerely desire that it may accomplish much for God and humanity in this new enterprise. H. B. FARNSWORTH.